---
title: 'Blood Relatives (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Claude Chabrol'
released: '1978-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 91
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/blood-relatives-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076313/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Blood Relatives (1978)

1978 · 91 min · Drama · France, Canada


## Synopsis

Blood Relatives is a 1978 film directed by Claude Chabrol, adapted by Chabrol and Sydney Banks from the 1975 "87th Precinct" novel by Ed McBain. It stars Donald Sutherland as McBain's fictional police detective Steve Carella, who investigates the brutal murder of a teenaged girl.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Claude Chabrol](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-chabrol)
- **Screenplay:** [Claude Chabrol](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-chabrol)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Pierre Jansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-jansen)
- **Producer:** [Denis Héroux](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-heroux)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean Rabier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-rabier)
- **Editor:** [Yves Langlois](https://cinepixo.com/people/yves-langlois)

## Cast

- [Donald Sutherland](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-sutherland)
- [Micheline Lanctôt](https://cinepixo.com/people/micheline-lanctot)
- [Victor Désy](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-desy)
- [Walter Massey](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-massey)
- [Guy Hoffmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-hoffmann)
- [Donald Pleasence](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-pleasence)
- [Stéphane Audran](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephane-audran)
- [Laurent Malet](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurent-malet)
- [Aude Landrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/aude-landrey)
- [Lisa Langlois](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-langlois)
- [David Hemmings](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hemmings)

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